This article is designed to help students who wish to study Botany under the Faculty of Sciences at Lagos State University.
Confirm that Botany is still listed at LASU before you register for JAMB. The Direct Entry section and the waiver below it give two slightly different subject lists, so read both.
Lagos State University, also known as LASU, was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria to advance learning and establish academic excellence.
The university caters to a population of over 35,000 students enrolled full-time. The university also offers courses at Diploma, Undergraduate, and Postgraduate levels.
Lagos State University is located in Ojo, a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. LASU is the only state university in the former British colony. Lagos State University offers diploma, degree, and postgraduate programmes, including an MBA program.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Botany;
You require
Five (5) SSC Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
All five credits are named. Mathematics and Physics are both compulsory even though the JAMB form asks for only one further science beyond Biology and Chemistry.
JAMB Subject Combination
In UTME, please note that the English Language is Compulsory for this course. Therefore, the three (3) other JAMB UTME subject combinations needed to study Botany under the Faculty of Sciences at LASU include;
Biology, Chemistry, and any other Science subject
The JAMB combination fixes Biology and Chemistry beside the compulsory English Language and leaves the fourth paper open to any science subject.
That choice does not reduce the credit requirement, since Physics and Mathematics are still checked on your result either way.
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Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Botany if you don’t intend to use UTME.
You require
Two (2) ‘A’ level passes in Biology/Botany/Zoology and Chemistry or Physics.
The main Direct Entry line pairs a biological subject with either Chemistry or Physics, and accepts Botany or Zoology in place of Biology.
Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks
- LASU accepts two (2) ‘A’ level passes chosen from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.
The waiver is broader. It allows any two of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, which adds Mathematics as an option and removes the requirement for a biological subject.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into LASU for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 160 or above in your JAMB result.
Two Direct Entry Lists for LASU Botany
Biology and Chemistry are required at O Level and in JAMB, with English Language, Mathematics and Physics completing the five named credits.
At Direct Entry the post gives two lists. The general one pairs a biological subject with Chemistry or Physics, while the LASU waiver accepts any two of four sciences. Clear 160 in JAMB for the 2026/2027 session.